The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2105
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2258
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.40° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.66° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.